Fruit-pitter.



PATENTED FEB. 2l, 1905.

A. P. BIEHLER.

FRUIT PITTBR.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY z, 1904.

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` A TTOHNE YS No. 783,240. PATBNTBD PEB. 21, 1905.-

' A. P. BIBHLBR. FRUIT PITTER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 2, 1904.

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ATTUR/I/EVS vt'ruit to be pitted.

' Unirse Srarns Patented February 21, 1905.,

Param trice.

FRUIT-PITTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 783,240, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed July 2, 1904. Serial No. 215,171.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST F. BIEHLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Fruit-Pitter, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relatesparticularly to machines for pitting olives, an object being to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive -machine for this purpose by means ot' which olives may be,pitted readily without destroying or disliguring the fruit in any manner.

Another object is to provide in connection with the machine a mechanism for indicating the number of olives pitted.

l will describe a fruit-pitter embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a fruitpitter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 ot' Fig. 2.

The machine comprises a table 5, mounted on a suitable Vframe 6. The table 5 has side boards 7, and mounted to swing on these side boards is a tray S for containing olives or other By arranging the tray to swing it is obvious that it may be moved out of the way when it is desired to oil or clean the mechanism operating to pit the fruit.

Arranged over the table are guide-rods 9, on which a cross-head 10 is mounted to slide. These guide-rods 9 are connected at their ends to sleeves 11` attached to the table, and on the inner ends or' the sleeves are buffers 12, consisting of rubber or other similar material, designed to prevent noise and undue jar as the cross-head strikes the same. Links 13 are mounted to swing on studs 111, attached `to opposite ends of the cross-head, and from these links arms 15 extend downward to a connection with a rock-shaft 16. Extended from the rock-shaft 16 is a lever 17, having a connection 18 with a foot-treadle 19, and extended from the rock-shaft 16 and in an opposite direction to the lever 17 is another lever 20, having a spring connection 21 with the frame 6. As here shown, the connection 18 is made in two sections connected by a turnbuckle 22, so that the said connection may be adjusted as to length and the tension of the spring 21 may be adjusted by means of a turnbuckle 23, connecting it to the lever 20.

Pitting-plungers 24 are carried by the crosshead 10. I have here shown two plungers, but obviously a greater number' may be employed, if desired. These plungers are removably secured in lugs 25, formed on the cross-head, and are held by means of setscrews E26.

rlhe table 5 and the guide-rods 9 are arranged at a downward incline, and at the lower endof the table is an upright 27, provided with openings 28, designed to receive the holders for the fruit or olives, consisting of metal sleeves Q9, having depressions at the front end, in which the olives may loe placed and held. The holders Q9 are secured in position by means of set-screws 30, and it will be noted that these holders are parallel with the incline of the guide-rods and that the inner faces are inclined upward and outward. By this arrangement a person may more readily place olives in the holders than would be the case were the holders and guides arranged on a strictly horizontal plane --that is, the attendant will not be required to bend over themachine while placing the olives in position.

Forward of the olive-holders is a chute 31, into which the pits are forced and from which they fallinto a suitable receptacle. Inward Ot' the holders is an ejector or stripping' plate 32, provided with openings through which the plungers may pass, these openings being indicated at 33 in Fig. 2. Between the ejectorplate and the holders for the olives the table 5 is provided with anl opening 34, communicating with a chute 35, through which the pitted olives Jall to a suitable receptacle.

In the operation the attendant with his two hands places the olives in the holders 29. Then by operating' the treadle 19 the plungers will be moved downward and through the olives, forcing out the pits, as indicated IOO in Fig. 3. Then upon releasing the pressure on the foot-treadle the spring 21 will cause the plungers to move back to no1-mal position, carrying the olives until they come in contact with the plate 32, which will force them off the plungers and from which they will drop into the chute 35.

As a means for recording the number of olives pitted. I attach an adding device 36 to the pitting-machine, which may be of any ordinary construction. Attached to the mechanism of the adding device is a lever 37, from which a rod 38 extends downward to a connection with an arm 39, attached to the rock- Shaft 16. By each downward movement of the treadle 19 the disks of the adding device will be moved one step.

AUGUST F. BIEHLER. Vitn esses: v

S. J. VALK, JosEP H. Vl/THITF.. 

